Okay - now everyone can post. Scouts can post up about the temple, the opposition, etc. While the people in the ship can ask questions to the captured Padawan (and perhaps get quite insulting answers). As such, you are all now required to post for this week at least. This may change depending on how it goes.

Rightio, Harl Jylans at a bit of a lose end tbh so I hav'nt posted in a while eep, anyway I'm going to chat with LW and see if we should take Creed over until SS returns okay If we do we should be able to do it before you update in fact it would be better then as we could progress the story more expect a PM toady to discuss the way foreward!

Firstly, I think I've been a bit lax on this arrangement of at-least-one-post-per-week. If you check the first post of this thread, I've updated it with all your names. This way I'll be able to mark up who's made their post-per-week and dish out prods accordingly. Now that my rant is over, I'll address PJK's query.

Yes, as long as it is not out of character and doesn't insult anyone. I'm sure SS will be okay with it then. I'll PM you now actually.

Indeed. Unfortunately, I missed out last Saturday's post so I can't hold it against anyone else who didn't post. I didn't have much to update on anycase, we've already landed and are approaching your destination. Your next step is to write about what you see in my opinion. I'll PM you all what you've "seen" so you can include it in your posts. Sorry about that guys

Hi Harl - just a quick question; what would you like my character doing?

I'm aware that Keel has had quite a bit of involvement in the RP so far compared to many other characters. If you'd prefer taking the other non-force users on over to the temple without Keel (allowing Jylan, Creed, Charada and Skursir more room to play) - I fully understand and support this. I can always act as a non-force user spokes person in case anyone comes to the ship or something.

I will update now - I think it's better if we don't wait for another saturday :S

EDIT: Oh - Keel has had his limelight I think for the time being so he can return to the ship or scout out the area some more should he see fit, although either way the real action will come when we break off into groups.

It's the system Dubz came up with ages ago and has been used/is currently in use in the Doom Amongst the Dunes and Dark Secrets RPs:

Lunarwolf wrote:

Following Sureshot's post over at DaTD Discussion, I thought it would be prudent for me to set down the exact rules of how DS is going to play out.THESE ARE NOT THE OFFICIAL ROLE-PLAY RULES THAT GOVERN ALL PLAY-BY-POST, THIS IS FOR DARK SECRETS ONLY.

DARK SECRET RULES

* Players who are away on L.O.A (Leave of absence) and have stated as such in the Absences Thread will enter SCS (Storyteller Controlled Status) and become an NPC (Non-player character) until they return.

* Players who do not post for 7 days without L.O.A will enter S.C.S

* Players who do not post for 14 days without L.O.A will be written out of the story (note this does not mean killed off)

* When all players have done what they want to in a scene and are ready to move on to a new location (if one has been presented) or are happy to let the Storyteller move on with the story, they should indicate this with the " " symbol at the end of their post.

* The story will be updated and moved forward by the Storyteller every monday night.

All other rules are identical to those in the general RP rules section.

@ Hare: Yep, that's the monkey - I find SCS invaluable at times otherwise the story grinds to a halt (Raiflaine *cough* Fuze *cough cough*) which is a pain in the arris for the storyteller!

@ H2: I think Skursir would look awesome in a purple wig Oh, no wait....scrap that! I doubt Sure would mind so long as Creed remains in character; for DS I've pretty-much just made him a decision-maker to lead the group but when other characters' skills come in to play, I put him on a back seat and let them take over. Seems to work so far!

@ Ishad: Good to see you still popping in mate, I was getting a little worried as I've been over to Sith'ari a coupla times and it seems really quiet there - where is everyone? I was hoping we could grab Sharasvar and us three and Keel could have a natter on the ship, but not seem him online in a while?

Well you know I'm a big big fan of the SCS system and I still think it should be made an official RP rule here, and that's not just me blowing steam out my *rse; I've stole'd it for the official CODEX RP rules!

RP Director wrote:

for DS I've pretty-much just made him a decision-maker to lead the group but when other characters' skills come in to play, I put him on a back seat and let them take over. Seems to work so far!